Thursday, November 4, 12-1:30pm
Ayanah Moor (b. 1973, Norfolk, VA) lives and works in Chicago. She earned her MFA in 1998 from Tyler School of Art, Temple University, and BFA in 1995 from Virginia Commonwealth University. Her artwork is in the collections of the DePaul Art Museum, and Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago); Soho House (London, UK); Agency of Unrealized Projects (e-flux.com); the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, (Pittsburgh, PA) and the homes of many people she loves. Moor’s recent exhibitions include t/here or t/here at Intermission Museum of Art + Stand4 Gallery (Brooklyn, NY); Direct Message: Art, Language, and Power, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (IL); Echoes: Reframing Collage, Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago, IL); 4 Queens, Test Site Projects (Las Vegas, NV); and in scenes of Universal Pictures’ 2021 film, Candyman, directed by Nia DaCosta and produced by Jordan Peele.
This is a virtual event. Please use this link to attend the lecture: https://vcu.zoom.us/j/96951592616.